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Cardinals vs Astros Game Time: 8:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Minute Maid Park Surface: Grass

St Louis
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/15/11	At	La	11-2	N/g	-125	-102	7.5-105	8.0-125	Lohse,ky	W	O
4/16/11	At	La	9-2	N/g	-145	-152	6.5-120	6.5-120	Mcclellan,ky	W	O
4/17/11	At	La	1-2	D/g	+115	+110	7.0-115	7.5-105	Carpenter,ch	L	U
4/20/11		Was	5-3	N/g	-165	-165	7.5-120	7.5-115	Garcia,ja	W	O
4/20/11		Was	6-8	D/g	-165	-145	8.5-115	8.5+100	Westbrook,ja	L	O
4/21/11		Was	5-0	D/g	-160	-160	8.5+100	8.5+100	Lohse,ky	W	U
4/22/11		Cin	4-2	N/g	-120	-115	8.5-115	8.5-120	Batista,mi	W	U
4/23/11		Cin	3-5	D/g	-160	-160	7.5-105	7.5+100	Carpenter,ch	L	O
4/24/11		Cin	3-0	N/g	-112	-112	9.0+100	8.5-120	Westbrook,ja	W	U
4/26/11	At	Hou	5-6	N/g	+120	+120	7.0-130	7.5-110	Garcia,ja	L	O
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/15/11		Sd	2-4	N/g	-110	-105	8.0-105	8.5+100	Happ,ja	L	U
4/16/11		Sd	5-3	N/g	+125	+140	8.0+100	7.5-105	Figueroa,ne	W	O
4/17/11		Sd	6-8	D/g	-120	-117	7.0-130	7.0-125	Myers,br	L	O
4/19/11	At	Nym	6-1	N/g	-120	-140	7.5-115	7.5+100	Rodriguez,wa	W	U
4/20/11	At	Nym	4-3	N/g	-140	-150	7.5+100	7.5-110	Norris,bu	W	U
4/21/11	At	Nym	1-9	N/g	-115	-130	8.0+105	7.5-115	Happ,ja	L	O
4/22/11	At	Mlw	7-14	N/g	-205	-210	8.0-110	8.5+105	Figueroa,ne	L	O
4/23/11	At	Mlw	9-6	N/g	-165	-165	7.5-120	7.5-105	Myers,br	W	O
4/24/11	At	Mlw	1-4	D/g	-150	-155	8.0-105	8.0-125	Rodriguez,wa	L	U
4/26/11		Stl	6-5	N/g	+120	+120	7.0-130	7.5-110	Norris,bu	W	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
7/09/10	Stl	0-8	N/g	+175	+165	7.5-110	7.5+110	Wainwright,a	L	O
7/10/10	Stl	4-1	N/g	-110	-130	9.0-110	9.0-115	Myers,br	W	U
7/11/10	Stl	2-4	D/g	-110	-115	8.5-120	8.5-105	Hawksworth,b	L	U
8/02/10	Hou	4-9	N/g	-175	-155	7.5-110	7.5+100	Figueroa,ne	L	O
8/03/10	Hou	4-18	N/g	-200	-230	8.0-110	8.0+100	Norris,bu	L	O
8/04/10	Hou	8-4	N/g	-240	-240	7.0-120	7.0-120	Carpenter,ch	W	O
8/30/10	Stl	3-0	N/g	+105	+115	8.0-125	7.5-120	Happ,ja	W	U
8/31/10	Stl	3-0	N/g	+145	+125	7.0-120	6.5-105	Rodriguez,wa	W	U
9/01/10	Stl	5-2	D/g	-120	-115	8.5-110	8.5-120	Figueroa,ne	W	U
4/26/11	Stl	6-5	N/g	+120	+120	7.0-130	7.5-110	Lyon,br	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		6-6	-344	6-5	+77	12-11	-267
Last	10	4-2	+95	2-2	-8	6-4	+87
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		5-6	-72	4-8	-248	9-14	-320
Last	10	2-2	+38	3-3	+125	5-5	+163
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
St	Louis	3-7	9-4	12-11	0-0	8-9	4-2
Houston		2-4	7-10	8-9	1-5	2-2	7-11

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		5-7	-265	8-3	+455	13-10	+190
Last	10	3-3	-40	3-1	+195	6-4	+155
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		7-4	+300	8-4	+345	15-8	+645
Last	10	3-1	+200	3-3	-35	6-4	+165

Away Pitcher

ST LOUIS CARDINALS -- LOHSE,KYLE (R)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	2	2	0	15.1	11	3	3	1	11	1.76	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Home	2	1	1	16.0	8	4	4	3	11	2.25	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Total	4	3	1	31.1	19	7	7	4	22	2.01	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR LOHSE,KYLE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
3	4.2	0	0	0.00	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/04/11	PIT	3-4	L	7.0	4	4	6	1	5	1	-170	-147	9.0-125	9.0+105
4/10/11	at SF	6-1	W	8.0	1	1	5	0	5	0	-135	-125	8.0-110	8.5-110
4/15/11	at LA	11-2	W	7.1	2	2	6	1	6	0	-125	-102	7.5-105	8.0-125
4/21/11	WAS	5-0	W	9.0	0	0	2	2	6	0	-160	-160	8.5+100	8.5+100

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/15/10	HOU	1-5	L	7.0	2	2	5	0	1	0	-230	-230	9.0-110	8.5+100
5/12/10	HOU	6-9	L	5.0	9	4	10	4	2	1	-180	-175	8.0-110	8.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/20/11	WAS	6.0	1	1	1.50	3	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
4/22/11	CIN	9.0	2	2	2.00	10	4	3	1	1	0	1	0
4/23/11	CIN	3.0	3	0	0.00	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
4/24/11	CIN	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
4/26/11	at HOU	3.0	2	1	3.00	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	2

Home Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- HAPP,JAMES (L)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	2	0	2	8.2	13	13	13	6	7	13.50	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
Home	2	1	1	14.2	11	5	5	6	8	3.07	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Total	4	1	3	23.1	24	18	18	12	15	6.94	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR HAPP,JAMES
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4	10.2	4	1	0.84	6	1	11	1	0	0	0	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/05/11	at CIN	2-8	L	4.0	7	7	7	5	2	0	-160	-150	8.5-115	8.5-115
4/10/11	FLO	7-1	W	7.2	1	1	4	4	5	0	+110	+100	8.5-120	8.5+100
4/15/11	SD	2-4	L	7.0	4	4	7	2	3	1	-110	-105	8.0-105	8.5+100
4/21/11	at NYM	1-9	L	4.2	6	6	6	1	5	2	-115	-130	8.0+105	7.5-115

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/04/10	at STL	4-8	L	1.0	7	7	6	3	1	1	-240	-240	7.0-120	7.0-120
8/30/10	STL	3-0	W	9.0	0	0	2	1	4	0	+105	+115	8.0-125	7.5-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/21/11	at NYM	3.1	3	0	0.00	2	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
4/22/11	at MLW	4.0	8	7	15.75	11	3	4	1	0	0	0	0
4/23/11	at MLW	3.2	1	1	2.45	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	1
4/24/11	at MLW	1.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/26/11	STL	3.0	2	2	6.00	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	1

Updated Wed, Apr 27 5:00 AM EST

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